}}{{tnr}}'''Ethan Wingfield''' was a 2012 [[Republican]] candidate who sought election to the [[U.S. House elections, 2012|U.S. House]] to represent [[North Carolina's 11th Congressional District elections, 2012|the 11th Congressional District]] of [[North Carolina]].<ref>[http://www.ethanforcongress.com/ ''Official campaign website'' Accessed January 21, 2012]</ref> Because no candidate received more than 40% of the vote in the Republican primary election on May 8, 2012, a runoff primary took place.<ref name="nc">[http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NC/36596/80750/en/summary.html ''North Carolina State Board of Elections'' "Primary Election Results" Accessed May 9, 2012].</ref> Wingfield was eliminated in the primary on May 8, 2012.

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}}{{tnr}}'''Ethan Wingfield''' was a 2012 [[Republican]] candidate who sought election to the [[U.S. House elections, 2012|U.S. House]] to represent [[North Carolina's 11th Congressional District elections, 2012|the 11th Congressional District]] of [[North Carolina]].<ref>[http://www.ethanforcongress.com/ ''Official campaign website'' Accessed January 21, 2012]</ref> Because no candidate received more than 40% of the vote in the Republican primary election on May 8, 2012, a runoff primary took place.<ref name="nc">[http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NC/36596/80750/en/summary.html ''North Carolina State Board of Elections'', "Primary Election Results" Accessed May 9, 2012].</ref> Wingfield was eliminated in the primary on May 8, 2012.

==Elections==

==Elections==

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Wingfield ran in the [[U.S. Congress elections, 2012|2012 election]] for the [[U.S. House elections, 2012|U.S. House]] to represent [[United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina, 2012|North Carolina's]] [[North Carolina's 11th Congressional District elections, 2012|11th District]]. Wingfield sought the nomination on the Republican ticket. Wingfield faced [[Mark Meadows]], [[Jeff Hunt]], [[Dan Eichenbaum]], [[Spence Campbell]], and [[Vance Patterson]] in the Republican primary on May 8, 2012.

Wingfield ran in the [[U.S. Congress elections, 2012|2012 election]] for the [[U.S. House elections, 2012|U.S. House]] to represent [[United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina, 2012|North Carolina's]] [[North Carolina's 11th Congressional District elections, 2012|11th District]]. Wingfield sought the nomination on the Republican ticket. Wingfield faced [[Mark Meadows]], [[Jeff Hunt]], [[Dan Eichenbaum]], [[Spence Campbell]], and [[Vance Patterson]] in the Republican primary on May 8, 2012.

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Because no candidate received more than 40% of the vote in the Republican primary election on May 8, 2012, a runoff primary took place.<ref name="nc">[http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NC/36596/80750/en/summary.html ''North Carolina State Board of Elections'' "Primary Election Results" Accessed May 9, 2012].</ref> Wingfield was eliminated in the primary on May 8, 2012.

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Because no candidate received more than 40% of the vote in the Republican primary election on May 8, 2012, a runoff primary took place.<ref name="nc">[http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NC/36596/80750/en/summary.html ''North Carolina State Board of Elections'', "Primary Election Results" Accessed May 9, 2012].</ref> Wingfield was eliminated in the primary on May 8, 2012.

The [http://www.Washingtonpost.com Washington Post] listed the [[United States House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] elections in [[North Carolina]] in 2012 as 1 of the [http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/the-10-states-that-will-determine-control-of-the-house-in-2012/2011/11/18/gIQAXZYCZN_blog.html 10 states that could determine whether Democrats would retake the House] or [[Republican]]s would hold their majority in 2013.<ref name="WP">[http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/the-10-states-that-will-determine-control-of-the-house-in-2012/2011/11/18/gIQAXZYCZN_blog.html ''Washington Post'', "The 10 states that will determine control of the House in 2012" Accessed April 25, 2012]</ref> [[United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina, 2012|North Carolina]] was rated 8th on the list.<ref name="WP"/>

The [http://www.Washingtonpost.com Washington Post] listed the [[United States House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] elections in [[North Carolina]] in 2012 as 1 of the [http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/the-10-states-that-will-determine-control-of-the-house-in-2012/2011/11/18/gIQAXZYCZN_blog.html 10 states that could determine whether Democrats would retake the House] or [[Republican]]s would hold their majority in 2013.<ref name="WP">[http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/the-10-states-that-will-determine-control-of-the-house-in-2012/2011/11/18/gIQAXZYCZN_blog.html ''Washington Post'', "The 10 states that will determine control of the House in 2012" Accessed April 25, 2012]</ref> [[United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina, 2012|North Carolina]] was rated 8th on the list.<ref name="WP"/>

====Primary results====

====Primary results====

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The primary took place on May 8, 2012.<ref>[http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NC/36596/85942/en/summary.html ''North Carolina State Board of Elections'' "2012 Primary Results" Accessed October 10, 2012]</ref>

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The primary took place on May 8, 2012.<ref>[http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NC/36596/85942/en/summary.html ''North Carolina State Board of Elections'', "2012 Primary Results" Accessed October 10, 2012]</ref>

Primary results

U.S. House of Representatives-North Carolina, District 11 Republican Primary, 2012

Candidate

Vote %

Votes

Mark Meadows

37.8%

35,733

Vance Patterson

23.6%

22,306

Jeff Hunt

14.1%

13,353

Ethan Wingfield

11.3%

10,697

Susan Harris

6.2%

5,825

Kenny West

4.2%

3,970

Spence Campbell

1.9%

1,799

Chris Petrella

0.8%

778

Total Votes

94,461

Campaign donors

2012

On Jan. 30, 2012, Wingfield reported raising $204,000 for his congressional campaign. The following day, it was reported that at least half of that was self-funding that came from a personal loan. According to a report in Politico, campaigns historically would announce how much of that funding was directly from loans. Wingfield said that had had no intention to mislead.[5]